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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION MESSAGE 98-28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
505 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998
TO: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NEWS/ OFFICES
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION USERS
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER USERS OF NEWS AVIATION FORECASTS
FROM: THERESE Z. PIERCE
CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
NWS...OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY
SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF AVIATION FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY: CHANGE
IN ISSUING OFFICE FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS AND
THREE TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS...
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1 1998
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS NO IMPACT ON NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS.
ON DECEMBER 1 1998...THE NEWS WILL TRANSFER FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE TERMINAL FORECASTS /TAF/ AND THREE
TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT /TWEB/ PRODUCTS FROM ONE NEWS
OFFICE TO ANOTHER AS PART OF THE CONTINUING NEWS MODERNIZATION
AND TRANSITION. THE DETAILED CHANGES ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.
EFFECTIVE AT 0000 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME /UTC/ ON
DECEMBER 1 1998...TWO TAFS AND TWO TWEBS CURRENTLY PREPARED BY
THE NEWS FORECAST OFFICE IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON AND ONE TAF AND
ONE
TWEB CURRENTLY PREPARED BY NEWS FORECAST OFFICE IN BOISE IDAHO
WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEWS OFFICE IN SPOKANE WASHINGTON.
THE
THREE TAFS AND THREE TWEBS ARE:
TAFS: AIRPORT AFOS PIL LOCATION
KMWH SEATAFMWH GRANT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
MOSES LAKE WA
KEAT SEATAFEAT PANGBORN MEMORIAL AIRPORT
WENATCHEE WA
KLWS BOITAFLWS LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY AIRPORT
LEWISTON ID
TWEBS: ROUTE # AFOS PIL ANCHOR POINTS
347 BOITWB347 KBOI-KLWS-KGEG
353 SEATWB353 KGEG-KPDT
354 SEATWB354 KGEG-KMWH-KELN
WHEN NWSO SPOKANE REQUIRES BACKUP...NWSFO SEATTLE WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THE TAFS FOR KMWH AND KEAT AND TWEBS
#353 AND #354. NWSFO BOISE WILL PREPARE THE KLWS TAF AND TWEB
#347 WHEN NWSO SPOKANE REQUIRES BACKUP.
THESE CHANGES WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL USERS OF TAFS AND TWEBS
INCLUDING AFOS USERS...THE FAA AND FAMILY OF SERVICES CUSTOMERS.
NONE OF THE COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS WILL BE CHANGED. NO
CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE AFOS IDENTIFIERS...WMO HEADERS NOR
THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLLECTIVES IN WHICH THE FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED. ALL OF THE TWEBS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE INCLUDED IN THE
COLLECTIVE FRUS31 KWBC. ALL OF THE TAFS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE IN
THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIVES...LISTED BY WMO HEADERS:
WMO HEADERS AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING CUSTOMERS:
FTUS80 KWBC NON-FAA DOMESTIC AND FAMILY OF SERVICES
FTUS90 KWBC FAA WEATHER MESSAGE SWITCHING CENTER AND FAA
FACILITIES
FTUS52 KWBC GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM CUSTOMERS
HOLDERS OF NEWS OPERATIONS MANUAL CHAPTERS D-31 /AVIATION
TERMINAL
FORECASTS/ AND D-30 /TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST TEXT PRODUCTS/
SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES TO APPENDICES A AND B.
APPENDICES A AND B OF D-31 LIST LOCATIONS FOR WHICH TERMINAL
FORECASTS ARE PREPARED BY THE NEWS. APPENDICES A AND B OF D-30
LIST ROUTES FOR WHICH TWEBS ARE PREPARED BY THE NEWS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF AVIATION
RESPONSIBILITY FROM NWSFO SEATTLE AND NWSFO BOISE TO NWSO
SPOKANE...CONTACT:
MR. CHRISTOPHER HILL MR. JOHN JANNUZZI
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE BIN C15700 NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER
7600 SAND POINT WAY NE 3833 S DEVELOPMENT AVE BLDG. 3807
SEATTLE WA 98115 BOISE ID 83705-5354
PHONE: 206-526-6095 PHONE: 208-334-9861
MR. JOHN LIVINGSTON
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2601 NORTH RAMBO ROAD
SPOKANE WA 99224-9164
PHONE: 509-244-0110
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